Nutrient Removal and Recovery

Conference 2018

Innovating, Optimizing, and Planning

June 18 – 21, 2018

Hilton North Raleigh Midtown Raleigh, North Carolina

This conference is held by the Water Environment Federation in cooperation with The North Carolina Section of the American Water Works Association & The North

Carolina Member Association of the Water Environment Federation, and The Water Reuse Foundation.

June 18, 2018 Dear Colleagues, Welcome to Raleigh, North Carolina! The Water Environment Federation, in cooperation with The North Carolina Section of the American Water Works Association & The North Carolina Member Association of the Water Environment Federation, and The Water Reuse Foundation are honored to have you join us for the Nutrient Removal and Recovery Conference 2018. On their behalf, we invite you to fully participate in this exceptional opportunity for education and collaboration! This event continues WEF’s tradition of addressing the challenge of sustainable nutrient management through education and sharing of best practices and is dedicated to serving the practitioners who are addressing nutrient issues in today’s world. The focus for this event will be on research and collaboration to promote the rapid application of new innovative solutions for nutrient removal and recovery. Additionally, it will examine research, design, operations, and planning of nutrient resource management and provide a platform for the discussion of policy approaches to nutrient control, including an eye on the environmental and economic aspects. It will provide valuable information for researchers, students, regulators, designers, technology developers, operators, municipal agencies, industrial dischargers, and others seeking to understand the full picture of the latest developments and practical experiences on this important topic. Speakers and attendees joining this event come from a wide variety of backgrounds including regulatory, research, design, implementation, and utility operations. The conference program is composed of 15-20 minute presentations, short technical briefings, and interactive facilitated discussion in every session. Session topics include:

• Nutrient Removal and Recovery; • BNR Process Control; • Watershed Management; • Research and New Technologies; • Case Studies within Operations; • Granular Sludge and Biofilms; • Mainstream and Sidestream Nitrogen Removal; and • Compliance Strategies.

While you network with other attendees and presenters, make a point to share your experiences. We look forward to interacting with each of you and to the many interesting exchanges that will take place in the next few days – and beyond. We hope you enjoy this informative event and find many fruitful interactions. Sincerely, Belinda Sturm Katya Bilyk Conference Co-Chair Conference Co-Chair

TABLE OF CONTENTS Conference Steering and Program Committee ..……………..... 1 Registration .................................................................................. 3 Presenter and Moderator Information ………............................. 3 Reception and Meal Functions …………………………............... 4 Continuing Education ………………………………………………. 5 Online Proceedings ………………………………………............... 7 Technical Publication …………………….………………………. 7 Sponsors ………………..………………………………................. 8 WEF Policies & Positions ………………………………………….. 9 WEF Social Media Policy …………………………………………… 9 Conference Safety and Security ……………...…………………... 10 Pre-Conference Workshops ..……………………………………… 11 Opening General Session ………………………………………….. 12 Technical Program …………………………………………………... 13 Technical Program at-a-Glance ………………………………….. 36 Presentations at-a-Glance ………………………………………. 37 Mobile App ……………………………………………………………. 41 Exhibition Information ………………………….…….…................ 41 Exhibition Floor Plan ……………………………………………….. 42 Exhibitor Directory …………………………………………………. 43 Presenter and Moderator Directory ………………………………. 46 Conference Schedule at-a-Glance ……………………………….. 50 Upcoming Education and Training Events ……………………... 51

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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Belinda Sturm University of Kansas Conference Co-Chair

Katya Bilyk Hazen and Sawyer

Conference Co-Chair

NUTRIENT REMOVAL AND RECOVERY CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEE

Jose Jimenez Brown and Caldwell Phil Ackman Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County Mehran Andalib Stantec Erika Bailey City of Raleigh Lucas Botero Black & Veatch Charles Bott HRSD Jeanette Brown Manhattan College

Francis de los Reyes III North Carolina State University Sarina Ergas University of South Florida Joe Husband Arcadis Jim Mihelcic University of South Florida Mark Miller Brown and Caldwell Amit Pramanik The Water Research Foundation Pusker Regmi Brown and Caldwell

Sandeep Sathyamoorthy Black & Veatch Yuyun Shang EBMUD Art Umble Stantec Kumar Upendrakumar Veolia George Wells Northwestern University Paul Wood Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. Thor Young GHD

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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

NUTRIENT REMOVAL AND RECOVERY CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Tarek Aziz North Carolina State University Edward Becker Arcadis Jeff Berlin Carollo Morgan Brown Water Environment Federation Prithviraj (Raj) Chavan Carollo Dave Commons Hach Victor D'Amato Tetra Tech Christine deBarbadillo DC Water Cigdem Eskicioglu UBC Okanagan Anthony Giovannone CDM Smith Rajeev Goel Hydromantis Liping Han ExxonMobile

Jason He Virginia Tech Tom Johnson CH2M-Jacobs Wendell Khunjar Hazen and Sawyer Dave Kinnear Kinnear Process Solutions LLC Lori Lehnen L2 Engineering D.P.C. Guangbin Li University of Arizona Yanjin Liu American Water Tommaso Lotti Politecnico di Milano Bill McConnell CDM Smith Giulio Munz Universita Degli Studi Firenze Ram Prasad OSTARA Patrick Radabaugh Dewberry

Christine Radke The Water Research Foundation Tanja Rauch-Williams Carollo Joe Rohrbacher Hazen and Sawyer Matt Seib Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Rob Sharp Manhattan College Spencer Snowling Hydromantis Uma Vempati ISG David Wankmuller Hazen and Sawyer Tim Ware Arcadis Qiuyan Yuan University of Manitoba

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REGISTRATION All events are held in the Hilton North Raleigh Midtown. The Registration Desk is located in Grand Ballroom Foyer and will be open during the following times: Hours: Monday, June 18 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Tuesday, June 19 7:30 AM – 5:15 PM Wednesday, June 20 8:00 AM – 5:15 PM Thursday, June 21 8:00 AM – 11:45 AM

PRESENTER AND MODERATOR INFORMATION All presenters, technical briefs, and moderators should sign in at the conference Registration Desk and attend their assigned briefing. Presenters, technical briefs, and session moderators, participating Tuesday through Thursday should attend their assigned briefing. Presenters should attend only once unless they are speaking on different days. Volunteer Room Monitors are also encouraged to attend. The Speaker Briefing and room schedule is as follows: *Sessions 1 through 3 *Sessions 4 through 16

Tuesday, June 19 Wednesday, June 20 7:30 AM – 8:15 AM 7:30 AM – 8:15 AM Room: Boxwood/Dogwood Room: Boxwood/Dogwood

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RECEPTIONS AND MEAL FUNCTIONS Welcome Kickoff Reception Grand Ballroom Foyer After pre-conference workshops end for the day, join us for an hour-long kickoff reception. Connect with old friends and new colleagues over drinks and snacks before heading out to other evening activities. All full conference, exhibitor, student, and workshop participants are invited. Monday, June 18 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM Networking Reception Grand Ballroom Come grab a beer while they last! Join us in the exhibit hall to mingle with your fellow attendees while you view the exhibits, renew acquaintances, and make new contacts. Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served. Beer will be available first come, first served with a cash bar to follow. Don’t miss out! Tuesday, June 19 5:15 PM – 6:45 PM Luncheons Grand Ballroom Lunch will be provided for all full conference, daily registrants, exhibitors, students, and expo-only participants. Please advise staff as soon as possible if you have any special dietary requirements. The luncheons will be held in the Exhibit Hall. Tuesday, June 19 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM

Wednesday, June 20 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM Networking Breaks The Networking Breaks will be held: Monday, June 18 Salon Foyer 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM and 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Tuesday, June 19 Grand Ballroom

10:00 AM – 10:45 AM and 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM

Wednesday, June 20 Grand Ballroom 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM and 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM

Thursday, June 21 Salon Foyer 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM

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CONTINUING EDUCATION How Do I Receive Credit For this Conference? To receive credit for all technical sessions and pre-conference workshops, please fill out a Continuing Education Request Form and be sure to have a room monitor initial for verification. Attendees will have to submit their CE Request Form to the Registration Desk at the end of the conference. Please request a continuing education form when you check-in and ask WEF staff at the Registration Desk if you have further questions. Pre-Conference Workshops: WEF offers Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation in workshops. One CEU is the equivalent to 10 hours of training or formal instruction. These are distributed for structured, relevant professional training above and beyond that of initial certification or employment in a particular field. Technical Sessions: WEF offers Professional Development Hours (PDHs) for participation in technical sessions. A PDH is defined as one hour spent engaged in an activity that contributes to the advancement or enhancement of professional skills or scientific knowledge of a professional engineer or operator. When Will I Receive Credits For this Conference? Certificates and transcripts for this event will be mailed within 8 weeks of the conference. Please keep in mind that although WEF does provide these files, most states will require the individual licensee to report continuing education credits. Note: Educational Credits will not be recorded and documentation will not be distributed unless the attendee is a confirmed registrant of this event and the proper steps are is completed as indicated in the directions provided. Are WEF Continuing Education Credits Approved in My State? WEF applies for approval in many states and will be happy to work with individuals and Member Associations for additional state or agency approvals upon request. In addition, WEF has been approved as a Training Provider through the following: The Florida Board of Professional Engineers, the New York State Department of Education, and the Ohio EPA. Many other states accept WEF PDH credits and WEF CEU credits as long as subjects and content meets with state requirements. For example: California (CWEA), Nevada, and New Jersey.

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CONTINUING EDUCATION What Else Do I Need to Know? WEF follows the International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET) guidelines along with state-specific regulations to achieve strict policies and procedures regarding its Continuing Education Program. WEF calculates education credits following a standardized method that is the most widely accepted by certification and licensing agencies. However, many states differ in the type and/or number of credits they will approve for educational events. Because of this, participants are responsible for exploring their state requirements and for ensuring that WEF conference credits are accepted. Service and Support… In keeping with IACET guidelines, WEF maintains a database of all continuing education files for a minimum of 7 years. You may contact WEF’s Customer Service Team between the hours of 8:30am and 5:00pm EST, Monday through Friday to request these files. Please call 1-800-666-0206 or submit an email request to csc@wef.org. State Credit Calculations: *Some state licensing boards will accept CEUs for session under 3 hours in length. Some use different acronyms for training credits. In most instances the credits issued by WEF can be converted to meet state specific requirements that vary from the system used by WEF. This is usually managed at the state level using the following conversion method:

1.0 CEU = 10 Hours of session time

1.0 PDH = 1 Hour of session time 1.0 Contact Hour = 1 Hour of session time

For example: 1.2 CEU Credits = 12.0 PDH Credits or 17.0 PDH Credits could equate to 1.7 CEU Credits depending on individual state regulations.

*CEU & PDH credits are available for Workshops to Professional Engineers licensed in the state of New York (NYSED).

For more information regarding WEF’s Continuing Education Program, please visit http://www.wef.org/Nutrients.

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ONLINE PROCEEDINGS

Conference proceedings, consisting of manuscripts for each presentation, have been made available through an online portal. Advance registrants within Full Conference, Daily, Student, and Exhibiting categories will receive access to the Nutrient Removal and Recovery Conference 2018 online proceedings on the day prior to the conference. Onsite registrants will receive an access link following the event’s conclusion. Copies of proceedings may be ordered after the conference at the member rate of $100 USD/nonmember rate of $150 USD. All orders will be processed after conclusion of the conference. You may call 1-800-666-0206 or visit www.wef.org/ShopWEF and ask for Stock Number – CPNR1805.

TECHNICAL PUBLICATION

Activated Sludge and Nutrient Removal, 3rd edition

Member: $82.95 Non-member: $105.70

This extensively revised third edition reflects industry best practices and the latest advances. It is the primary reference for the operation of the activated sludge process. Expanded content includes an updated process control section with step-by-step examples for calculations, a new laboratory chapter with detailed directions for common process control tests, and an introduction to using modeling for process control. * * * Conference attendees save 20%. Pricing above includes local sales tax of 4.75% and discount.

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SPONSORS

We would like to thank the following sponsoring companies for their contributions to the conference and program.

www.hdrinc.com Bronze Elite

ww.aecom.com Lanyard

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WEF POLICIES & POSITIONS WEF’s Vision A community of empowered professionals creating a healthy global water environment. Core Values Leadership, Passion, Scholarship, and Collaboration, and Service WEF Policies WEF respects and takes the broadest view of human diversity and inclusion and is committed to providing a professional, safe, and welcoming environment at its events for all water professionals and their guests. WEF expects all sponsors, speakers, attendees, media, exhibitors and other participants to uphold our commitment to diversity and inclusion by helping us provide a positive conference environment for everyone. For more information, please see WEF’s Diversity and Inclusivity Policy, as well as WEF’s Non-Discrimination and Harassment Policy at www.wef.org/about/about-wef. Reporting Concerns If you have any concerns during this conference, please stop by the conference registration desk in the Grand Ballroom Foyer of the Hilton North Raleigh Midtown Hotel or you may email the WEF Executive Director Dr. Eileen O’Neill at eoneill@wef.org.

WEF SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY WEF strongly encourages the use of social media to share your experiences at our event. This includes sharing interesting quotes or information, taking pictures with colleagues, and using the event hashtag. However, to protect intellectual property, videotaping, filming, or live-streaming of any workshop or technical session presentation, or exhibit booth is prohibited. Any participant violating this policy must relinquish the media and may be removed from the conference. Also, promotional or commercial use of photographs taken at WEFTEC and other WEF conferences is strictly prohibited. If you are interested in content, materials, or products, please consider talking to the speaker or exhibitor, who may provide the information or grant permission.

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CONFERENCE SAFETY AND SECURITY WEF works hard to provide a comfortable and safe environment during our meetings and events, including contracting with private security firms and off-duty police officers when required. Your help also is needed to provide a safe and secure environment. WEF recommends that you follow these safety guidelines: 1. Share your plans. Advise a family member or friend of your travel plans,

including the dates you will be gone, how you will travel to the meeting or event, and where you are staying;

2. Protect your identity. Wear your name badge only inside the meeting or event venue; remove and secure your name badge when going to and from the venue; when disposing of your name badge, scratch out or destroy your name and/or the QR code to protect your personal information;

3. Plan for an emergency. Be aware of your surroundings. Know where the

nearest exists are located. Use the buddy system. Exchange contact information with another event attendee. In case of a venue evacuation, agree where you will meet up. Call for help if your buddy doesn’t meet up at the agreed location within a reasonable amount of time.

4. See something, say something. If you see something that raises a safety or

security concern, please follow the instructions printed on the back of your name badge to alert security personnel.

Hilton North Raleigh Midtown Emergency Plan: Hilton North Raleigh Midtown 3415 Wake Forest Rd. Raleigh, NC 27609 Phone: (919) 872-2323 To report a medical emergency, fire, or safety or security concern, please Dial “0” from any house phone. You’ll be connected to the Hotel’s operator who will contact and dispatch EMS.

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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Pre-Conference Workshops Monday, June 18 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM (Separate registration fees apply) Workshop A Advances in Nitrogen Removal: New Processes, Pathways, and Process Control Room: Salon ABC There have been concerted efforts to overcome inefficiencies of conventional nitrogen removal processes. Which is also aligned with wastewater utilities embracing a new paradigm of recovery of resources from wastewater. To this end, minimization of chemicals, energy and footprint requirements for nitrogen removal has been benefited from the use of efficient biological pathways as well as innovative process control strategies. The main objective this workshop is to address current needs and challenges of mainstream nitrogen removing by showcasing and debating about recent advances. Workshop C Short Course: Fundamentals of Nutrients Removal and Recovery-Theory, Technologies, Process Control, and Troubleshooting Room: Salon FG This workshop is designed as a short course on the fundamentals of design for biological nutrient removal. It is most appropriate for young professionals and operators. The microbiology, design fundamentals, and operating controls to biological nutrient removal will be presented. Class exercises will pertain to operational responses to optimize nutrient removal or to respond to process upsets. Process simulation software will also be presented as a method to train operators or to test new design parameters.

Don’t Forget! After pre-conference workshops end for the day, join us for the

Welcome Kickoff Reception in the Grand Ballroom Foyer, 5:15-6:15 PM. All full conference, exhibitor, student, and workshop participants are invited.

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OPENING GENERAL SESSION Opening General Session Tuesday, June 19 8:30 AM –12:15 PM Room: Salon FG 8:30 AM Welcome to the 2018 Conference! Belinda Sturm, University of Kansas, 2018 Co-Chair

Katya Bilyk, Hazen and Sawyer, 2018 Co-Chair 8:40 AM Stimulating Resource Recovery from Wastewaters by

Healthy Competition Among Utilities – a WEF Benchmarking Exercise Peter Vanrolleghem, Université Laval, WEF Board of Trustees

8:50 AM Welcome from NC AWWA-WEA TJ Lynch, City of Raleigh, NC AWWA-WEA 8:55 AM WWTP Optimization at Nutrient Removal Plants and

Future Policy Direction Sally Gutiérrez, Water Permits Division, Office of Wastewater Management

9:25 AM How Do Small Utilities Fit into the Paradigm? Jeanette Brown, Manhattan College 9:50 AM Facilitated Panel and Q&A 10:00 - 10:45 AM Networking Break and Opening of Exhibit Hall 10:45 AM Lower Neuse Basin – Watershed Load Limits and how

Utilities are Planning for Very Low Nitrogen Limits TJ Lynch, Assistant Utility Director, City of Raleigh

11:05 AM Making a Business Case for Nutrient Removal at a Small

Utility Todd Danielsen, Avon Lake Utilities Ohio

11:25 AM The Value of Long-range Planning and Starting a Research

Program Jeff Prevatt, Pima County 11:45 AM The Value of a Research Program and Process Challenges

with Meeting Low TN and TP Limits Simultaneously Christine deBarbadillo, DC Water

12:05 PM Facilitated Panel and Q&A 12:15 PM Session Adjourns for Luncheon in Exhibit Hall

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM Session 01: Optimization Tuesday, June 19 1:30 PM – 5:15 PM Room: Salon ABC Moderators: Kumar Upendrakumar, Veolia North America

Jeanette Brown, Manhattan College 1:30 PM Nutrient Removal by Optimizing Conventional Wastewater

Treatment Grant Weaver, CleanWaterOps; Paul Shriner, EPA; Lori Weiss, ERG; Matthew Reusswig, PG Environmental

1:50 PM Doing More with Less – Leveraging Existing Assets to

Manage Capital and Operating Costs Phill Yi, Wendell Khunjar, Ronald Taylor, Janice Carroll, Paul Pitt, Hazen & Sawyer; Sarah Lothman, Mike Latham, Michael Rumke, Rick Zaepfel, Loudoun Water

2:10 PM Full-Scale Testing Postpones Total Nitrogen Reduction

Expansion Don Esping, Brown and Caldwell; David Green, City of Rochester; Mark Allenwood, Brown and Caldwell

2:30 PM Technical Brief: Limited Operating Data? Monte Carlo Based Process Simulations Allow for Optimization of a Newly Constructed BNR Facility Colin Fitzgerald, Adrienne Willoughby, CH2M - Jacobs

2:35 PM Facilitated Panel Discussion 3:00 PM Networking Break in Exhibit Hall 3:45 PM The Importance of Carbon Availability for SND: Improved

Nitrogen Removal at Low DO Concentration is not Guaranteed Stephanie Klaus, Virginia Tech; Lindsey Ferguson, Old Dominion University; Cody Campolong, Virginia Tech; Christopher Wilson, HRSD; Bernhard Wett, ARA Consut; Sudhir Murthy, DC Water; Charles Bott, HRSD

4:05 PM Achieving BPR Without Nitrification – A Low SRT Dilemma

Chris Maher, Tom Thorson, Peter Schauer, Clean Water Services

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Session 01 continues from previous page 4:25 PM Assessing Biodegradation and Exposure Effects of

Bisphenol-A with Microbial Communities Involved in Biological Nutrient Removal Catherine Hoar, Columbia University; Sandeep Sathyamoorthy, Columbia University/Black & Veatch; Kartik Chandran, Columbia University

4:45 PM Facilitated Panel Discussion 5:15 PM Session Adjourns for Networking Reception in Exhibit Hall Poster Minimizing Mixing Energy in Activated Sludge Selector

Basins - A Mixing Energy Pilot Study Sidharta Arora, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District; James Fischer, Xylem Water Solutions

Don’t Forget! After technical sessions end for the day, join us for the

Networking Reception in the Grand Ballroom from 5:15-6:45 PM. All full conference, daily, exhibitor, and student participants are invited.

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM Session 02: Sustainability as a Driver for Planning and Decision

Making Tuesday, June 19 1:30 PM – 5:15 PM Room: Salon DE Moderator: Uma Vempati, ISG 1:30 PM Adopting Sustainability as the Guiding Principle in

Prioritizing R&D Projects at a Water Utility Per Nielsen, Troels Bjerre, VCS Denmark

1:50 PM Balancing Future Growth and Nitrogen Discharge Limits in

Wastewater Master Planning for the City of Raleigh Susan Auten, Christine Polo, John Brinkley, Black & Veatch; Eileen Navarrete, TJ Lynch, Erika Bailey, City of Raleigh Public Utilities; Steve Tedder, Tedderfarm Consulting

2:10 PM The Role of Location in Sustainable Nitrogen Removal for

Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Xiaofan Xu, Nancy Diaz-Elsayed, Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida

2:30 PM Facilitated Panel Discussion 3:00 PM Networking Break in Exhibit Hall 3:45 PM Regulations Drive Nutrient Recovery and Reuse at

Winnipeg’s Largest Treatment Facility: The Winnipeg North End Sewage Plant Design-Build Upgrade Project Terry Goss, Damian Kruk, James Marx, Keith Sears, Simon Baker, AECOM; Michelle Paetkau, City of Winnipeg

4:05 PM Unforeseen Consequences: The Impact of Water

Conservation on Wastewater Characteristics and the Knock-on Effect on Biological Nutrient Removal Andrew Shaw, Black & Veatch; Wayne Bagg, Water Corporation; Rajendra Bhattarai, Austin, TX; Allen Deur, NYCDEP; Soeren Eriksen, VCS Denmark Ltd; Jim McQuarrie, MWRD; Per Nielsen, VCS Denmark; Ana Pena-Tijerina, City of Fort Worth

4:25 PM Evaluating Nutrient Removal for Madison's Utility of the

Future Don Esping, Nancy Andrews, Lloyd Winchell, Brown and Caldwell

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Session 02 continues from previous page 4:45 PM Technical Brief: Impact of Water Conservation on Nutrient

Removal and Utilities in General Mario Benisch, David Clark, HDR; Werner Maier, IAT Stuttgart

4:50 PM Facilitated Panel Discussion 5:15 PM Session Adjourns for Networking Reception in Exhibit Hall

Don’t Forget! After technical sessions end for the day, join us for the

Networking Reception in the Grand Ballroom from 5:15-6:45 PM. All full conference, daily, exhibitor, and student participants are invited.

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM Session 03: Mainstream Innovations in Nitrogen Removal Tuesday, June 19 1:30 PM – 5:15 PM Room: Salon FG Moderators: Belinda Sturm, University of Kansas

Tim Ware, Arcadis 1:30 PM Achieving Low TN Effluent by Operating AvN Control

Coupled with Partial Denitrification-Anammox Control Tri Le, Catholic University of America/DC Water; Rahil Fofana, DC Water; Arash Massoudieh, Catholic University of America; Ahmed Al-Omari, Sudhir Murthy, DC Water; Bernhard Wett, ARA Consut; Kartik Chandran, Columbia University; Christine Debarbadillo, DC Water; Charles Bott, HRSD; Haydee De Clippeleir, DC Water

1:50 PM Testing of Novel Denitratation/Deammonification Process

for Mainstream Total Nitrogen Removal Anthony Niemiec, Hazen and Sawyer; Robert Sharp, Manhattan College/ Hazen and Sawyer; Allen Deur, NYCDEP

2:10 PM Optimizing Carbon Addition to a Polishing Partial

Denitrification/Anammox MBBR Using Online Control Cody Campolong, Stephanie Klaus, Virginia Tech; Lindsey Ferguson, Old Dominion University; Christopher Wilson, HRSD; Bernhard Wett, ARA Consut; Sudhir Murthy, DC Water; Charles Bott, HRSD

2:30 PM Facilitated Panel Discussion 3:00 PM Networking Break in Exhibit Hall 3:45 PM Mainstream ANITA Mox Pilot Testing at the Joint Water

Pollution Control Plant Michael Liu, Eric Krikorian, Thomas Knapp, Nikos Melitas, Sanitation Districts of LA County; Hong Zhao, Mitch Johnson, Veolia Water Technology

4:05 PM Enhancing the Decoupling of Solids Retention Times In

Full-Scale Deammonification Processes Using Screens Tim Van Winckel, Ghent University/DC Water/University of Kansas; Ahmed Al-Omari, DC Water; Imre Takacs, Dynamita; Bernhard Wett, ARA Consut; Benjamin Bachmann, University of Innsbruck; Belinda Sturm, University of Kansas; Charles Bott, HRSD; Siegfried Vlaeminck, Universiteit Antwerp/Ghent University; Sudhir Murthy, Haydée De Clippeleir, DC Water

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Session 03 continues from previous page 4:25 PM Performance and Microbial Ecology of a Low Temperature

(15℃) Mainstream Anammox Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor(MBBR) Process Minxi (Joanna) Jiang, Zheqin Li, Kartik Chandran, Columbia University

4:45 PM Technical Brief: Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactor

(MABR) Demonstration at Ejby Mølle WRRF Nerea Uri, VCS Denmark; Tim Constantine, J. Sandino, A. Willoughby, CH2M; Per Nielsen, VCS Denmark *Please see affiliated poster

4:50 PM Facilitated Panel Discussion 5:15 PM Session Adjourns for Networking Reception in Exhibit Hall

Don’t Forget! After technical sessions end for the day, join us for the

Networking Reception in the Grand Ballroom from 5:15-6:45 PM. All full conference, daily, exhibitor, and student participants are invited.

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM Session 04: Phosphorus Removal: Sidestream Fermentation,

Modeling, and Operations Wednesday, June 20 8:30 AM – 12:15 PM Room: Salon ABC Moderators: Paul Wood, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc.

Kumar Upendrakumar, Veolia North America 8:30 AM The Case for Side-Stream RAS or Mixed Liquor

Fermentation to Enhance EBPR James Barnard; Edmund Kobylinski, Black and Veatch

8:50 AM Side-Stream EBPR Practices and Fundamentals -

Rethinking and Reforming the Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Process Nicholas Tooker, Guangyu Li, Varun Srinivasan, Northeastern University; James L. Barnard, Black & Veatch; Charles Bott, HRSD; Paul Dombrowski, Woodard & Curran; Peter Schauer, Adrienne Menniti, Clean Water Services; Andrew Shaw, Black & Veatch; Beverly Stinson, Gerry Stevens, AECOM; Patrick Dunlap, Black & Veatch; Imre Takács, Dynamita; Heather Phillips, City of Olathe; Howard Analla, City of Henderson; Andy Russell, Town of Cary; Angela Lambrecht, Regional District of Central Okanagan; James McQuarrie, Isaac Avila, Metro Water Reclamation District; Annalisa Onnis-Hayden, Northeastern University; April Z. Gu, Cornell University

9:10 AM Sidestream RAS Fermentation for Stable Bio-P Combined

with Short Cut Nitrogen Removal in an A/B Process Lindsey Ferguson, Old Dominion University/ HRSD; Cody Campolong, Stephanie Klaus, Virginia Tech/HRSD; Christopher Wilson, HRSD; Bernhard Wett, ARA Consult; Sudhir Murthy, DC Water; Charles Bott, HRSD

9:30 AM Technical Brief: A Model Based Study: Revisiting

Conventional BNR Configurations with Advanced Aeration Control Pusker Regmi, Jose Jimenez, Brown and Caldwell

9:35 AM Facilitated Panel Discussion 10:00 AM Networking Break in Exhibit Hall

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Session 04 continues from previous page 10:45 AM Comparison of Microbial Ecology Between Conventional

and Side-Stream Full-Scale EBPR Systems Varun Srinivasan, Nicholas Tooker, Guangyu Li, Northeastern University; James Barnard, Black & Veatch; Charles Bott, HRSD; Paul Dombrowski, Woodard & Curran; Peter Schauer, Clean Water Services; Adrienne Menniti, Clean Water Services; Annalisa Onnis-Hayden; Ameet Pinto, Northeastern University; April Gu, Northeastern University/Cornell University

11:05 AM Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Conversion of a

Conventional Activated Sludge System into an Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal System for High Strength Waste Management Kam Law, Greeley and Hansen; Thomas Meyer, Paul Keturi, Greater Peoria Sanitary District

11:25 AM Application of Agent-Based Modeling to Reveal

Competition Between PAOs and GAOs in Side-Stream EBPR (S2EBPR) Systems Guangyu Li, Nicholas Tooker, Dongqi Wang, Varun Srinivasan, Northeastern University; James Barnard, Black & Veatch; Peter Schauer, Clean Water Services; Imre Takacs, Dynamita; Annalisa Onnis-Hayden, Northeastern University; April Gu, Cornell University

11:45 AM Technical Brief: Performance and Microbial Population in

Side-Stream Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Systems Annalisa Onnis-Hayden; Nicholas Tooker, Guangyu Li, Dongqi Wang, Varun Srinivasan, Northeastern University; James Barnard, Black & Veatch; Charles Bott, HRSD; Paul Dombrowski, Woodard & Curran; Peter Schauer, Adrienne Menniti, Clean Water Services; Andrew Shaw, Black & Veatch; Beverley Stinson, Gerry Stevens, AECOM; Patrick Dunlap, Black & Veatch; Imre Takacs, Dynamita; Heather Phillips, City of Olathe; Angela Lambrecht, Reginal District of Central Okanagan; Howard Analla, City of Henderson;

Andy Russell, Town of Cary; April Gu, Cornell University 11:50 AM Facilitated Panel Discussion 12:15 PM Session Adjourns for Luncheon in Exhibit Hall

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM Session 05: Control Systems for Enhanced Nitrogen Removal Wednesday, June 20 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Room: Salon DE Moderators: Joe Husband, Arcadis Morgan Brown, Water Environment Federation 8:30 AM Startup, Optimization, and Operational Results from a

Biological Nutrient Removal Process with Ammonium Based Airflow Controls Eric Redmond, Jacobs-CH2M; ; Matthew Jalbert, Mike Young, Trinity River Authority; Leon Downing, Black and Veatch; Thomas Johnson, Jacobs-CH2M

8:50 AM Understanding Simultaneous Nutrient Removal through

Low Dissolved Oxygen Operation Jose Jimenez, Pusker Regmi, Mark Miller, Brown and Caldwell

9:10 AM Oxygen Uptake Rate as Control Parameter for Carbon

Management in High-Rate Activated Sludge Tim Van Winckel, Ghent University/DC Water/University of Kansas; Olajide Olagunju, DC Water/Howard University; Belinda Sturm, University of Kansas; Siegfried Vlaeminck, Universiteit Antwerp/Ghent University; Kimberly Jones, Howard University; Charles Bott, HRSD; Bernhard Wett, ARA Consut; Ahmed Al-Omari, Sudhir Murthy, Haydée De Clippeleir, DC Water

9:30 AM Technical Brief: Implementation of Aeration Control

Strategies and Nitrate-Based Internal Mixed Liquor Recycle Control Employing In-Situ Sensors and Feedback PID Controllers in an Integrated Fixed-Film Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment Facility Amanda Ford, Hazen; Shawn Hawley, Robert Rutherford, HRSD; Kshitiz Uprety; Charles Bott, HRSD

9:35 AM Facilitated Panel Discussion 10:00 AM Session Adjourns for Networking Break in Exhibit Hall

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM Session 06: Alternate Electron Donors and Their Applications Wednesday, June 20 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Room: Salon FG Moderators: Sarina Ergas, University of South Florida

Laura Rodriguez-Gonzalez, University of South Florida 8:30 AM Making Methanol on the Backs of Nitrifying Bacteria

Sandeep Sathyamoorthy, Black & Veatch; Yu-Chen Su, Kartik Chandran, Columbia University

8:50 AM Sulfur-Based Autotrophic Denitrification for Nitrate

Removal in Marine Recirculating Aquaculture Systems Qiaochong He, Zhang Cheng, Victoria Burnett, Sarina Ergas, University of South Florida

9:10 AM Woodchip Bioreactors for Nitrate Removal in Wastewater:

Recent Findings, Applications, and Economics Bryan Maxwell, Francois Birgand, NCSU 9:30 AM Technical Brief: Characterizing Nitrogen Transformation

Processes in Nitrogen Removing Biofilters For Onsite Wastewater Treatment Stuart Waugh, NYS Center for Clean Water Technology; Xinwei Mao, Harold Walker, Christopher Gobler, NYS Center for Clean Water Technology/Stony Brook University

* See affiliated poster 9:35 AM Facilitated Panel Discussion 10:00 AM Session Adjourns for Networking Break in Exhibit Hall

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM Session 07: Nutrient Removal from the Utility and Operations Perspective Wednesday, June 20 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM Room: Salon DE Moderators: Erika Bailey, City of Raleigh Public Utilities

Uma Vempati, ISG 10:45 AM Achieving Energy Neutrality in the Face of Stringent

Effluent Nutrient Requirements: Setting a Vision and Empowering Operations Staff Tim Constantine, Julian Sandino, Jacobs; Per Nielsen, Mads Leth, VCS Denmark; Adrienne Willoughby, Jacobs

11:05 AM Process Model Simulation Provides Effective Hands-On

Approach to BNR Operator Training Paul Dombrowski, Woodard & Curran

11:25 AM Using Collaborative Efforts to Maximize Nutrient Removal

Permit Compliance During Facility Upgrade Construction Thor Young, Ladan Holakoo; Greg Jablonski, GHD; Jerome Napora; Bernard Williams, Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works

11:45 AM Technical Brief: Culture and Organization Changes

Unleashes Nutrient Removal Potential in A Conventional BNR Facility Warren Barlow, Fort Collins Utilities; Tanja Rauch-Williams, Carollo Engineers

11:50 AM Facilitated Panel Discussion 12:15 PM Session Adjourns for Luncheon in Exhibit Hall

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM Session 08: Reuse and Recovery Wednesday, June 20 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM Room: Salon FG Moderators: Robert Sharp, Manhattan College/ Hazen and Sawyer

Christine Radke, The Water Research Foundation 10:45 AM Nutrient Recycles and Other Side Effects of Co-Digestion

of Organic Waste Alan Appleton, Tanja Rauch-Williams, Carollo Engineers; Mark Greene, O'Brien & Gere Engineers Inc; Stefan Grimberg, Clarkson University

11:05 AM Advancing Nutrient Recovery through Urine-Derived

Fertilizers (UDF) in the United States Nancy Love, University of Michigan; Abraham Noe-Hays, Rich Earth Institute; Krista Wigginton, University of Michigan; Linda Macpherson, New Water Resources; Diana Aga, University of Buffalo; Charles Bott, HRSD; Glen Daigger, University of Michigan; Arthur Davis, Rich Earth Institute; Joe Eisenberg, University of Michigan; Alexandria Gagnon, HRSD; Zerihun Getaneh, Addis Ababa University; Heather Goetsch, University of Michigan; Phoebe Gooding, Rich Earth Institute; Rebecca Hardin, Stephen Hilton, University of Michigan; Jose Jimenez, Brown and Caldwell; Greg Keoleian, Nicholas Lowe, Waylan Mui, University of Michigan; Rachel Mullen, University of Buffalo; Kim Nace, Rich Earth Institute; Audrey Pallmeyer, University of Michigan; Neil Patel, Rich Earth Institute; Dylan Raye-Leonard, Enrique Rodriguez, University of Michigan; Tatiana Schreiber, Rich Earth Institute, Alex Sinanaj, William Tarpeh, University of Michigan; Rebecca Wombacher, University of Buffalo; Bowen Zhou, University of Michigan

11:25 AM Wastewater Treatment Selection and Operation to Benefit

Downstream Resource Recovery: An Exploration of Three Case Studies Stephanie Ishii, Wendell Khunjar, Phill Yi, Enrique Vadiveloo, Buddy Boysen, Chris Owen, Troy Walker, Hazen and Sawyer

11:45 AM Facilitated Panel Discussion 12:15 PM Session Adjourns for Luncheon in Exhibit Hall

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM Session 09: Innovations in Phosphorus Control and Recovery Wednesday, June 20 1:30 PM – 5:15 PM Room: Salon ABC Moderators: Thor Yong, GHD

Helene Kassouf, University of South Florida 1:30 PM A Balancing Act: Achieving Both Low Level Phosphorus

and Metals Limits at Upper Blackstone Maureen Neville, Alexandra Bowen, CDM Smith; Karla Sangrey, Upper Blackstone Water; Erik Grotton, Blueleaf

1:50 PM Nutrient Recovery Performance and Optimization of

Biological Phosphorus Removal at the F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center Gaya Ram Mohan, JC Lan, Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources; Ron Latimer, Michael Lynch, Paul Pitt, Hazen and Sawyer

2:10 PM Nutrient Whack-a-Mole - Sidestream Nutrient Control and

Assessment of the Fate of Fe, S, and P Colin Fitzgerald, CH2M-Jacobs; Leon Downing, Black and Veatch; Thomas Johnson, Eric Redmond, CH2M-Jacobs; Mike Young, Mark Reeves, Matthew Jalbert, Trinity River Authority

2:30 PM Technical Brief: There is Light at the End of the Pipe!

Causes and Control of Struvite and Vivianite Scaling at WRRFs Samuel Jeyanayagam, Jacobs; Douglas Miller, Douglas L Miller Consulting LLC

2:35 PM Facilitated Panel Discussion 3:00 PM Networking Break in Exhibit Hall 3:45 PM Holistic Approach to Phosphorus Sequestration and

Recovery at Fox River WRD Stephen Arant, Bikram Sabherwal, James Barnard, Black & Veatch; Beth Vogt, Jack Russell, James Kerrigan, Fox River WRD

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Session 09 continues from previous page 4:05 PM Comparison of Phosphorus Recovery Through Pre-

Anaerobic-Digestion Brushite Precipitation and Post-Anaerobic-Digestion Struvite Crystallization Zhongtian Li, Menachem Tabanpour, Gerhard Forstner, Centrisys/CNP

4:25 PM Quantification of Struvite Content of Biosolids Is

Necessary to Avoid Bias in The Assessment of Digester and Dewaterability Performance Wendell Khunjar, Hazen and Sawyer; Isaac Avila; Liam Cavanaugh, MWRD; Alexandria Gagnon; Ron Latimer, Hazen and Sawyer; Christopher Wilson, HRSD; Blair Wisdom

4:45 PM Technical Brief: Lost Crystals– Impacts of Struvite

Recovery Performance on Plant Capacity for Achieving Low-P Effluent Adrian Romero, Thomas Johnson, Leon Downing, CH2M; Adrienne Menniti, Clean Water Services; William Leaf, CH2M; Matt Seib, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District; Ron Gearhart, City of Boise; Colin Fitzgerald, Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

4:50 PM Facilitated Panel Discussion 5:15 PM Session Adjourns

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM Session 10: Operator Q&A Panel: Experiences and Lessons

Learned Meeting Low TN and TP Limits in the Mid- Atlantic Region

Wednesday, June 20 1:30 PM – 5:15 PM Room: Salon DE Moderators: Joe Rohrbacher, Hazen and Sawyer

Erika Bailey, City of Raleigh Many municipalities on the east coast have to meet some of the strictest nutrient standards in the country and have been doing so for over 15 years. This session includes representatives from various municipalities in the region representing nine water reclamation facilities and they will share their stories about nutrient removal. The speakers will make 15-minute presentations and the remainder of the time will be held for a 50-minute Q&A panel with the audience. The majority of the speakers are the Wastewater Operations Director for their utility. 1:30 PM Welcome

Joe Rohrbacher, Hazen and Sawyer 1:40 PM Erika Bailey

City of Raleigh - 75 mgd Neuse River RRF 1:55 PM Jeff Mahagan

Town of Hillsborough - 3 mgd Hillsborough WWTP 2:10 PM John Dodson

City of Durham - 20 mgd North Durham WRF 2:25 PM Charles Cocker

City of Durham - 20 mgd South Durham WRF 2:40 PM Damon Forney

Town of Cary - 18 mgd Western Wake RWRF 2:55 PM Jonathan Bulla

Town of Cary - 12 mgd North Cary WRF 3:10 PM Mike Parsons

HRSD - 24 mgd Williamsburg WTP 3:25 PM James Grandstaff

Henrico County - 75 mgd WRF 3:40 PM Q&A Panel with Operators 5:15 PM Session Adjourns

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM Session 11: Evolving World of Biofilm Systems for Nutrient

Removal Wednesday, June 20 1:30 PM – 5:15 PM Room: Salon FG Moderators: Pusker Regmi, Brown and Caldwell

Christine deBarbadillo, DC Water 1:30 PM A Pilot Scale Evaluation of Membrane Aerated Biofilm

Reactor (MABR) Technology for Biological Nutrient Removal Process Intensification Sandeep Sathyamoorthy, Samik Bagchi, Black & Veatch; Daniel Coutts, Suez Treatment Solutions; Kelly Gordon, Black & Veatch; Dwight Houweling, Suez Treatment Solutions

1:50 PM Partial Nitritation / Anammox Membrane Aerated Biofilm

Reactor for Nitrogen Removal from Aerobic Secondary Effluent Brett Wagner, Glen Daigger, Nancy Love, University of Michigan

2:10 PM Achieving Low Nutrient Effluent Quality at Lagoon

Facilities using MBBR Technology: Low Temperature Performance and Bacterial Community Analysis Robert Delatolla, Patrick D'Aoust, G. LeBlond, Raheleh Arabgol, Warsama Ahmed, Chris Kinsley, University of Ottawa; Simon Vincent, Bradley Young, University of Ottawa

2:30 PM Facilitated Panel Discussion 3:00 PM Networking Break in Exhibit Hall 3:45 PM New Generation of MBBR for Biological Treatment of

Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Hugues Humbert, Romain Lemaire Tristan Germain, Veolia; Sofia Lind, AnoxKaldnes; Erin Gallimore, Kruger - Veolia Water & Technologies

4:05 PM Retrofitting a Roughing Filter/Activated Sludge Plant for

Continuous Ammonia Removal (<1 mg/L) Matthew Kallerud, Carollo Engineers; Ken Cook, West County Wastewater District *Please see affiliated poster

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Session 11 continues from previous page 4:25 PM Dynamic Aerobic Granular Sludge Modeling

Bruce Johnson, Heather Stewart, Jacobs 4:45 PM Facilitated Panel Discussion 5:15 PM Session Adjourns

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM Session 12: Strategies for Meeting Ultra-Low Nutrient Effluent Quality Standards Thursday, June 21 8:30 AM – 11:45 AM Room: Salon ABC Moderators: Francis de los Reyes III, North Carolina State University

Tim Ware, Arcadis 8:30 AM Applying Molecular Tools for Increasing Biological

Nutrient Removal: A Discussion on Best Practices on Using DNA of Operations Leon Downing, Black and Veatch; George Wells, Northwestern University; Autumn Fisher; Matthew Jalbert, Freese & Nichols; Mike Young, Trinity River Authority; Colin Fitzgerald, Eric Redmond, Jacobs - CH2M; John Tillotson; Ralph Wagner, Microbe Detectives LLC

8:50 AM Characterizing BPR Activity to Understand Overall

Process Health Peter Schauer, Adrienne Menniti, Gavin Bushee, Clean Water Services

9:10 AM Quantification of Influent Non-Readily Biodegradable

Dissolved Organic Nitrogen to Explore Nutrient Management via Pretreatment Mary Sadler, Ronald Taylor, Stephanie Ishii, Hazen and Sawyer

9:30 AM Technical Brief: Testing the Limits of TN Removal

Technology - Investigating Soluble Organic Nitrogen Generation in A Biological Wastewater Treatment Process Ruchi Joshi, North Dakota State University; Murthy Kasi, HDR; Tanush Wadhawan, Dynamita; Eakalak Khan, North Dakota State University *Please see affiliated poster

9:35 AM Facilitated Panel Discussion 10:00 AM Networking Break in Exhibit Hall 10:15 AM Lessons Learned After A Decade of Collaborative Nutrient

Removal Research: What’s in The Future? JB Neethling, David Clark, HDR Inc; David Stensel, University of Washington; Julian Sandino, Jacobs; Roy Tsuchihashi, AECOM; Amit Pramanik, Christine Radke, The Water Research Foundation

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Session 12 continues from previous page 10:35 AM Leveraging Research & Real World Experience to Clarify

Phosphorus LOT with Ballasted Sedimentation Patrick Dunlap, James Fitzpatrick, Mark Steichen, Michael Tache, William Walkup, Black & Veatch

10:55 AM Save Coagulant Dosages with Sludge Recirculation in

Tertiary Chemical Phosphorus Removal Process Bryan Fincher, Hong Zhao, Harrison Fowler, Richard DiMassimo, Veolia Water Technologies

11:15 AM Facilitated Panel Discussion 11:45 AM Conference Adjourns

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM Session 13: Watershed Thursday, June 21 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Room: Salon DE Moderators: Sandeep Sathyamoorthy, Black & Veatch

Victor D'Amato, Tetra Tech Engineering, P.C. 8:30 AM Understanding Water Quality and Nutrients in a Large

Watershed Mike Osborne, Drew Ackerman, Robert Osborne, Black and Veatch; Gina Kimble, Catawba-Wateree Water Management Group, Charlotte Water

8:50 AM Neuse River Compliance Association: A Success Story

but What Does the Future Hold? Haywood Phthisic, Neuse River Compliance Association; Dan McLawhorn, City of Raleigh/Neuse River Compliance Association; Erika Bailey, City of Raleigh

9:10 AM The San Francisco Bay Area Nutrient Watershed Permit:

Challenges Associated with Evaluating 37 Different WRRFs Michael Falk, JB Neethling, HDR Inc; Linda Sawyer, Brown and Caldwell; Holly Kennedy, HDR Inc

9:30 AM Technical Brief: Exciting New Nutrient Discharge

Permitting Frameworks Protect Water Quality and Provide Compliance Flexibilities David Clark, Thomas Dupuis, HDR Inc.; Mike Falk; Michael Kasch, JB Neethling, HDR Inc.

9:35 AM Facilitated Panel Discussion 10:00 AM Session Adjourns for Networking Break in Salon Foyer

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM Session 14: Latest Concepts in Sidestream Nitrogen Removal and

Recovery Thursday, June 21 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Room: Salon FG Moderators: Katya Bilyk, Hazen and Sawyer

Phil Ackman, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County 8:30 AM Is PAD Worth It? Costs, Benefits, and Lessons Learned

from the First PAD Retrofit in the US Cole Sigmon, Donald Colgate, JR Finley, Brad Janoka, Conor Tyler, Emanuel Watson, Chris Douville, City of Boulder

8:50 AM Post Aerobic Digestion: Operational Experience from the

Northern Treatment Plant Alex Haeger, Liam Cavanaugh, Orren West, Kimberly Cowan, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District; Leon Downing, Black and Veatch

9:10 AM Tale of Two Cities: Operation of Sidestream ANITATM Mox

Margaret Hollowed, Glenn Thesing, Samuel Liang, Veolia Water Technologies

9:30 AM Technical Brief: Impact of Ozonation and

Electrocoagulation on Refractory Nutrients Generated from Thermal Hydrolysis Processes Gregory Pace, Eric Dole, Hazen and Sawyer; Stephanie Ishii, University of Florida; Ruchi Joshi, Eakalak Khan, North Dakota State University; Wendell Khunjar, Marc Santos, Hazen and Sawyer; Robert Sharp, Manhattan College; Phill Yi, Hazen and Sawyer

9:35 AM Facilitated Panel Discussion 10:00 AM Session Adjourns for Networking Break in Salon Foyer Poster Recovery of Ammonium from Sludge Dewatering Processes for

the Production of Ammonium Sulfate Solution Stephan Wasielewski, Eduard Rott, Ralf Minke, University of Stuttgart; Heidrun Steinmetz, University of Kaiserslautern

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM Session 15: US EPA National Priorities Nutrient Management

Centers: Practical Outcomes from Five Years of Water Research Nationwide

Thursday, June 21 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM Room: Salon DE Moderators: Amit Pramanik, The Water Research Foundation

Ben Packard, USEPA The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program established four Centers to conduct water research and demonstration projects that are innovative and sustainable using a systems approach for nutrient management in the Nation’s waters. These Centers were required to take a system view of nutrient management that considered societal and technological factors in the breadth of possibilities that may influence water quality. An overview of each Center's key accomplishments will be presented along with more detailed presentations of Center products that attendees can integrate into their nutrient management strategies. 10.15 AM Overview of EPA Centers for Water Research on National

Priorities Related to a Systems View of Nutrient Management Ben Packard, USEPA

10:20 AM Smart Nonwater Urinals for Improved Water Conservation

and Enhanced Nutrient Recovery Treavor Boyer, Daniella Saetta, Hannah Ray, Arizona State University

10:40 AM Management of Diffuse Nutrients from Stormwater and

On-Site Wastewater: New Science and Community Engagement Informing Field Demonstrations of New Technologies Sarina Ergas, Maya Trotz, Qiong Zhang, James Mihelcic, Kebreab Ghebremichael, Laura Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Karl Payne, Michelle Henderson, Amulya Miriyala, Justine Stocks, Emma Lopez-Ponnada, University of South Florida, Damann Anderson, Hazen and Sawyer, Thomas Lynn, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

11:05 AM Assessing Efficacy of Nutrient Removal and Recovery

Technologies at Wastewater Treatment Facilities Brock Hodgson, Sybil Sharvelle, Colorado State University

11:25 AM Questions and Discussion

Ben Packard, USEPA; Amit Pramanik, The Water Research Foundation

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM Session 16: Carbon Redirection Thursday, June 21 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM Room: Salon FG Moderators: Mehran Andalib, Stantec

Christine Radke, The Water Research Foundation 10:15 AM Evaluating Primary Sludge Fermentation at the Central

Valley Water Reclamation Facility Adam Klein, Brown and Caldwell; Sharon Burton, Phillip Heck, Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility; Bryan Mansell, Henryk Melcer, Brown and Caldwell

10:35 AM High-Rate Aerobic and Anaerobic Technologies for

Carbon Management and Achieving Energy Neutrality Mark Miller, Jose Jimenez, Brown and Caldwell; Damien Batstone, University of Queensland

10:55 AM Westside Process Replaces TF/AS at Central Valley WRF

To Meet New Utah State Phosphorus Regulation Henryk Melcer, Brown and Caldwell; Sharon Burton, Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility; Bryan Mansell, Adam Klein, Brown and Caldwell; Phillip Heck, Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility; Trevor Lindley, Brown and Caldwell

11:05 AM Technical Brief: Road Map to Achieving Effluent Total

Phosphorus Limit of 0.043 mg/L Timur Deniz, John Bratby, CDM Smith

11:10 AM Facilitated Panel Discussion 11:45 AM Conference Adjourns

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE

Session Code Session Title Time Room

Monday, June 18

Workshop A Advances in Nitrogen Removal: New processes, pathways and process control 8:30am–5:00pm Salon ABC

Workshop C

Short Course: Fundamentals of Nutrients Removal and Recovery-Theory, Technologies, Process Control, and Troubleshooting

8:30am–5:00pm Salon FG

Tuesday, June 19

OGS Opening General Session 8:30am–12:15pm Salon FG

Session 1 Optimization 1:30pm–5:15pm Salon ABC

Session 2 Sustainability as a Driver for Planning and Decision Making 1:30pm–5:15pm Salon DE

Session 3 Mainstream Innovations in Nitrogen Removal 1:30pm–5:15pm Salon FG

Wednesday, June 20

Session 4 Phosphorus Removal: Sidestream Fermentation, Modeling, and Operations 8:30am–12:15pm Salon ABC

Session 5 Control Systems for Enhanced Nitrogen Removal 8:30am–10:00am Salon DE

Session 6 Alternate Electron Donors and Their Applications 8:30am–10:00am Salon FG

Session 7 Nutrient Removal from the Utility and Operations Perspective 10:45am–12:15pm Salon DE

Session 8 Reuse and Recovery 10:45am–12:15pm Salon FG

Session 9 Innovations in Phosphorus Control and Recovery 1:30pm–5:15pm Salon ABC

Session 10 Operator Q&A Panel: Experiences and Lessons Learned Meeting Low TN and TP Limits in the Mid-Atlantic Region

1:30pm–5:15pm Salon DE

Session 11 Evolving World of Biofilm Systems for Nutrient Removal 1:30pm–5:15pm Salon FG

Thursday, June 21

Session 12 Strategies for Meeting Ultra-Low Nutrient Effluent Quality Standards 8:30am–11:45am Salon ABC

Session 13 Watershed 8:30am–10:00am Salon DE

Session 14 Latest Concepts in Sidestream Nitrogen Removal and Recovery 8:30am–10:00am Salon FG

Session 15 US EPA National Priorities Nutrient Management Centers: Practical Outcomes from Five Years of Water Research Nationwide

10:15am–11:45am Salon DE

Session 16 Carbon Redirection 10:15am–11:45am Salon FG

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PRESENTATIONS AT-A-GLANCE We encourage attendees to participate in presentations from among all sessions. To better plan your learning, see below and on the following pages a list of presentations offered during each time block.

Salon ABC Salon DE Salon FG

SessionSession 01: Optimization Session 02: Sustainability as a

Driver for Planning and Decision Making

Session 03: Mainstream Innovations in Nitrogen Removal

1:30 PM

Nutrient Removal by Optimizing Conventional Wastewater Treatment

Adopting Sustainability as the Guiding Principle in Prioritizing R&D Projects at a Water Utility

Achieving Low TN Effluent by Operating AvN Control Coupled With Partial Denitrification-Anammox Control

1:50 PM

Doing More With Less – Leveraging Existing Assets to Manage Capital and Operating Costs

Balancing Future Growth and Nitrogen Discharge Limits in Wastewater Master Planning for the City of Raleigh

Testing of Novel Denitratation/Deammonification Process for Mainstream Total Nitrogen Removal

2:10 PM

Full-Scale Testing Postpones Total Nitrogen Reduction Expansion

The Role of Location in Sustainable Nitrogen Removal for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems

Optimizing Carbon Addition to a Polishing Partial Denitrification/Anammox MBBR using Online Control

2:30 PM

Limited Operating Data? Monte Carlo Based Process Simulations Allow For Optimization Of A Newly Constructed BNR Facility

3:45 PM

The Importance of Carbon Availability for SND: Improved Nitrogen Removal at Low DO Concentration is not Guaranteed

Regulations Drive Nutrient Recovery and Reuse At Winnipeg’s Largest Treatment Facility: The Winnipeg North End Sewage Plant Design-Build Upgrade Project

Mainstream ANITA Mox Pilot Testing at the Joint Water Pollution Control Plant

4:05 PM

Achieving BPR Without Nitrification – A Low SRT Dilemma

Unforeseen Consequences: The Impact of Water Conservation on Wastewater Characteristics and the Knock-on Effect on Biological Nutrient Removal

Enhancing the Decoupling of Solids Retention Times In Full-Scale Deammonification Processes Using Screens

4:25 PM

Assessing Biodegradation and Exposure Effects Of Bisphenol-A With Microbial Communities Involved In Biological Nutrient Removal

Evaluating Nutrient Removal for Madison's Utility of the Future

Performance and Microbial Ecology of a Low Temperature (15

℃

) Mainstream Anammox Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor(MBBR) Process

4:45 PMImpact of Water Conservation on Nutrient Removal and Utilities in General

Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) Demonstration at Ejby Mølle WRRF

Tuesday, June 19 - Afternoon

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PRESENTATIONS AT-A-GLANCE

Room Salon ABC Salon DE Salon FG

Session

Session 04: Phosphorus Removal: Sidestream Fermentation, Modeling, and Operations

Session 05: Control Systems for Enhanced Nitrogen Removal

Session 06: Alternate Electron Donors and Their Applications

8:30 AM

The Case for Side-Stream RAS Or Mixed Liquor Fermentation to Enhance Biological Phosphorus Removal (EBPR)

Startup, Optimization, and Operational Results from a Biological Nutrient Removal Process with Ammonium B d Ai fl C t l

Making Methanol on the Backs of Nitrifying Bacteria

8:50 AM

Side-Stream EBPR Practices and Fundamentals - Rethinking and Reforming the Enhanced Biological Phosphorus R l P

Understanding Simultaneous Nutrient Removal through Low Dissolved Oxygen Operation

Sulfur-Based Autotrophic Denitrification for Nitrate Removal in Marine Recirculating Aquaculture S t

9:10 AM

Sidestream RAS Fermentation for Stable Bio-P Combined with Short Cut Nitrogen Removal in an A/B Process

Oxygen Uptake Rate as Control Parameter for Carbon Management in High-Rate Activated Sludge

Woodchip Bioreactors for Nitrate Removal in Wastewater : Recent Findings, Applications, and Economics

9:30 AM

A Model Based Study: Revisiting Conventional BNR Configurations With Advanced Aeration Control

Implementation of Aeration Control Strategies and Nitrate-Based Internal Mixed Liquor Recycle Control Employing In-Situ Sensors and Feedback PID Controllers in an Integrated Fixed-Film Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment Facility

Characterizing Nitrogen Transformation Processes in Nitrogen Removing Biofilters for Onsite Wastewater Treatment

Session

Session 04, continued Session 07: Nutrient Removal from the Utility and Operations Perspective

Session 08: Reuse and Recovery

10:45 AM

Comparison of Microbial Ecology Between Conventional and Side-Stream Full-Scale EBPR Systems

Achieving Energy Neutrality in the Face of Stringent Effluent Nutrient Requirements: Setting a Vision and Empowering Operations Staff

Nutrient recycles and other side effects of co-digestion of organic waste

11:05 AM

Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Conversion of a Conventional Activated Sludge System into an Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal System for High Strength Waste Management

Process Model Simulation Provides Effective Hands-On Approach to BNR Operator Training

Advancing Nutrient Recovery through Urine-Derived Fertilizers (UDF) in the United States

11:25 AM

Application of Agent-Based Modeling to Reveal Competition Between PAOs and GAOs in Side-Stream EBPR (S2EBPR) Systems

Using Collaborative Efforts to Maximize Nutrient Removal Permit Compliance During Facility Upgrade Construction

Wastewater Treatment Selection and Operation to Benefit Downstream Resource Recovery: An Exploration of Three Case Studies

11:45 AM

Performance and Microbial Population in Side-Stream Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Systems

Culture and Organization Changes Unleashes Nutrient Removal Potential In A Conventional BNR Facility

Wednesday, June 20 - Morning

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PRESENTATIONS AT-A-GLANCE

Room Salon ABC Salon DE Salon FG

Session

Session 09: Innovations in Phosphorus Control and Recovery

Session 11: Evolving World of Biofilm Systems for Nutrient Removal

1:30 PM

A Balancing Act: Achieving Both Low Level Phosphorus and Metals Limits at Upper Blackstone

A Pilot Scale Evaluation of Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) technology for Biological Nutrient Removal Process Intensification

1:50 PM

Nutrient Recovery Performance and Optimization of Biological Phosphorus Removal at the F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center

Partial Nitritation / Anammox Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor for Nitrogen Removal from Aerobic Secondary Effluent

2:10 PM

Nutrient Whack-a-Mole - Sidestream Nutrient Control and Assessment of the Fate of Fe, S, and P

Achieving Low Nutrient Effluent Quality at Lagoon Facilities using MBBR Technology: Low Temperature Performance and Bacterial Community Analysis

2:30 PM

There is Light at the End of the Pipe! Causes and Control of Struvite and Vivianite Scaling at WRRFs

3:45 PMHolistic Approach to Phosphorus Sequestration and Recovery at Fox River WRD

New Generation of MBBR for Biological Treatment of Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus

4:05 PM

Comparison of phosphorus recovery through pre-anaerobic-digestion brushite precipitation and post-anaerobic-digestion struvite crystallization

Retrofitting a Roughing Filter/Activated Sludge Plant for Continuous Ammonia Removal (<1 mg/L)

4:25 PM

Quantification of Struvite Content of Biosolids Is Necessary to Avoid Bias in The Assessment of Digester and Dewaterability Performance

Dynamic Aerobic Granular Sludge Modeling

4:45 PM

Lost Crystals– Impacts of Struvite Recovery Performance on Plant Capacity for Achieving Low-P Effluent

Wednesday, June 20 - Afternoon

Session 10: Operator Q&A Panel:

Experiences and Lessons Learned Meeting Low TN and

TP Limits in the Mid-Atlantic Region

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PRESENTATIONS AT-A-GLANCE

Room Salon ABC Salon DE Salon FG

Session

Session 12: Strategies for Meeting Ultra-low Nutrient Effluent Quality Standards

Session 13: Watershed Session 14: Latest Concepts in Sidestream Nitrogen Removal and Recovery

8:30 AM

Applying Molecular Tools for Increasing Biological Nutrient Removal: A Discussion on Best Practices on Using DNA of Operations

Understanding Water Quality and Nutrients in a Large Watershed

Is PAD Worth It? Costs, Benefits, and Lessons Learned from the First PAD Retrofit in the US

8:50 AM

Characterizing BPR Activity to Understand Overall Process Health

Neuse River Compliance Association: A Success Story but What Does the Future Hold?

Post Aerobic Digestion: Operational Experience from the Northern Treatment Plant

9:10 AM

Quantification of Influent Non-Readily Biodegradable Dissolved Organic Nitrogen to Explore Nutrient Management via Pretreatment

The San Francisco Bay Area Nutrient Watershed Permit: Challenges Associated with Evaluating 37 Different WRRFs

Tale of Two Cities: Operation of Sidestream ANITA (Trade Mark) Mox

9:30 AM

Testing the Limits of TN Removal Technology - Investigating Soluble Organic Nitrogen Generation in A Biological Wastewater Treatment Process

Exciting New Nutrient Discharge Permitting Frameworks Protect Water Quality and Provide Compliance Flexibilities

Impact of Ozonation and Electrocoagulation on Refractory Nutrients Generated from Thermal Hydrolysis Processes

SessionSession 12, continued Session 16: Carbon

Redirection

10:15 AM

Lessons Learned After A Decade of Collaborative Nutrient Removal Research: What’s In The Future?

Evaluating primary sludge fermentation at the Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility

10:35 AM

Leveraging Research & Real World Experience to Clarify Phosphorus LOT with Ballasted Sedimentation

High-rate aerobic and anaerobic technologies for carbon management and achieving energy neutrality

10:55 AM

Save Coagulant Dosages with Sludge Recirculation in Tertiary Chemical Phosphorus Removal Process

Westside Process Replaces TF/AS at Central Valley WRF To Meet New Utah State Phosphorus Regulation

11:05 AM

The Future of Nutrient and Resource Recovery is Here: Advanced Biological Nutrient Recovery - Algae is the Key to Rapid, Efficient, and Cost Effective Nutrient and Resource Recovery

Road Map to Achieving Effluent Total Phosphorus Limit of 0.043 mg/L

Session 15: US EPA National Priorities

Nutrient Management Centers: Practical Outcomes from

Five Years of Water Research Nationwide

Thursday, June 21 - Morning

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EXHIBITION INFORMATION Exhibition Schedule Networking events listed below are dedicated show hours. Technical sessions will not take place during these times. Tuesday, June 19 10:00 am – 6:45 pm ............. Exhibit Hall Open 10:00 am – 10:45 am .............. Networking Break

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm ........ Networking Luncheon 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm .............. Networking Break 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm ........Networking Reception Wednesday, June 20 10:00 am – 3:45 pm ............. Exhibit Hall Open 10:00 am – 10:45 am .............. Networking Break 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm ........ Networking Luncheon 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm .............. Networking Break

Children under 18 entering the Exhibition must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times. The parent or guardian must obtain a child badge at registration, and assumes all risk and responsibility for the child’s safety. Due to the proprietary nature of the displays, photography of displays and materials is forbidden without exhibitors’ express permission.

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EXHIBIT HALL FLOOR PLAN

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EXHIBITOR DIRECTORY As of 6/7/2018 ASA Analytics .......................................................................... Booth 303 www.asaanalytics.com Phone: 229-516-0570 2325 Parklawn Dr, Ste I Waukesha, WI 53186

ChemScan process analyzers are individual instruments and complete systems for automatic analysis of nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, oxidants, organics, metals and dissolved chemicals at single or multiple process wastewater locations.

Biolynceus Biological Solutions ........................................... Booth 402 www.solidsreduction.com Phone: 970-586-3391 PO Box 1499 Estes Park, CO 80517

BioLynceus provides organic nutrients, (F:M), biological nutrient removal, solids handling & candy carbon to optimize wastewater operations. ProBiotic Scrubber programs offer BNR, F:M, Candy Carbon, Carbon Source, Solids Handling Optimization.

Centrisys/CNP ......................................................................... Booth 306 www.centrisys.com Phone: 262-654-6006 9586 58th Pl Kenosha, WI 53144

Centrisys manufactures dewatering centrifuges and sludge thickeners in the US; provides global service/parts for all centrifuge brands. CNP, a division of Centrisys, designs/supplies nutrient recovery and biosolids treatment optimization systems.

Kruger (Veolia Water Technologies) ..................................... Booth 302 www.veoliawatertech.com Phone: 919-677-8310 4001 Weston Pkwy Cary, NC 27513

Innovative technologies and complete wastewater treatment solutions to help systems comply with nitrogen and phosphorus limits. Our solutions are resilient, robust, resource efficient, and easy-to-operate.

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EXHIBITOR DIRECTORY Landia, Inc ................................................................................ Booth 406 www.landiainc.com Phone: 919-466-0603 111 Triangle Trade Dr Cary, NC 27513

Landia specializes in energy-efficient mixing of sludge tanks with equipment that is designed and built for the absolute lowest lifecycle cost. Other products include heavy-duty chopper pumps, jet aerators, and IMLR pumps.

Schwing Bioset, Inc ................................................................ Booth 403 www.schwingbioset.com Phone: 715-247-3433 350 SMC Dr Somerset, WI 54025

Biosolids mgmt specialist for 30+ years. MBR systems, phosphorus removal, Class A alkaline stabilization and fluid bed drying, biosolids handling systems including screw presses, sliding frame silos, live bottoms, piston pumps, screw conveyors, more.

Water Guard, Inc ..................................................................... Booth 305 www.waterguardinc.com Phone: 252-290-0527 1903 Herring Ave Wilson, NC 27894

Chemical manufacturing, blending, and distribution. Chemical feed equipment. Technical field services in industrial, and municipal water, and wastewater.

WesTech Engineering Inc ...................................................... Booth 405 www.westech-inc.com Phone: 801-265-1000 3665 S West Temple South Salt Lake, UT 84115

WesTech Provides traditional and next generation BNR process methods for water and wastewater treatment. We offer holistic approach to nitrification, denitrification, solids separation, microbial uptake for optimal treatment of unique water characteristics. Pilot and package plants are available.

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EXHIBITOR DIRECTORY World Water Works, Inc. ......................................................... Booth 301 www.worldwaterworks.com Phone: 201-803-8807 4000 SW 113th St Oklahoma City, OK 73173

World Water Works, Inc. is an innovator in the wastewater treatment industry, driven to help industrial and municipal customers find wastewater treatment solutions that deliver clean water, perform better, recover resources and save money.

YSI, A Xylem Brand ................................................................. Booth 401 www.ysi.com/wastewater Phone: 937-269-4727 1700/1725 Brannum Ln Yellow Springs, OH 45387 YSI, a Xylem brand, is a trusted water quality partner to the wastewater industry with an array of capabilities in the lab, field, and continuous process monitoring and control settings.

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PRESENTER AND MODERATOR DIRECTORY

Phil Ackman, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, Moderator, 14

Mehran Andalib, Stantec,

Moderator, 16 Alan Appleton, Carollo Engineers,

Presenter, 8 Susan Auten, Black & Veatch,

Presenter, 2 Erika Bailey, City of Raleigh,

Moderator 7, 10, Presenter 10 Warren Barlow, City of Fort Collins

Utilities, Presenter, 7 James Barnard, Black & Veatch,

Presenter, 4 Mario Benisch, HDR Engineering

Inc, Presenter, 2 Katya Bilyk, Hazen and Sawyer,

Moderator, 14 Treavor Boyer, Arizona State

University, Presenter, 15 Jeanette Brown, Manhattan

College, Moderator, 1 Morgan Brown, WEF, Moderator,

5 Jonathan Bulla, Town of Cary,

Presenter, 10 Cody Campolong, Virginia

Tech/HRSD, Presenter, 3 David Clark, HDR Inc, Presenter,

13 Charles Cocker, City of Durham,

Presenter, 10 Tim Constantine, Jacobs,

Presenter, 7

Kimberly Cowan, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, Presenter, 14

Victor D'Amato, Tetra Tech

Engineering, P.C., Moderator, 13 Francis de los Reyes III, North

Carolina State University, Moderator, 12

Christine deBarbadillo, DC Water,

Moderator, 11 Robert Delatolla, University of

Ottawa, Presenter, 11 Timur Deniz, CDM Smith,

Presenter, 16 John Dodson, City of Durham,

Presenter, 10 Paul Dombrowski, Woodard &

Curran, Presenter, 7 Leon Downing, Black and Veatch,

Presenter, 12 Patrick Dunlap, Black & Veatch,

Presenter, 12 Sarina Ergas, University of South

Florida, Moderator 6, Presenter 15

Don Esping, Brown and Caldwell,

Presenter 1, 2 Michael Falk, HDR Inc, Presenter,

13 Lindsey Ferguson, Old Dominion

University/ Hampton Roads Sanitation District, Presenter, 4

Bryan Fincher, Veolia Water

Technologies, Presenter, 12 James Fischer, Xylem Water

Solutions, Presenter, 1

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PRESENTER AND MODERATOR DIRECTORY Colin Fitzgerald, Jacobs - CH2M,

Presenter 1, 9 Amanda Ford, Hazen, Presenter,

5 Damon Forney, Town of Cary,

Presenter, 10 Terry Goss, AECOM, Presenter, 2 James Grandstaff, Henrico

County, Presenter, 10 Alex Haeger, Metro Wastewater

Reclamation District, Presenter, 14

Qiaochong He, University of South

Florida, Presenter, 6 Catherine Hoar, Columbia

Univeristy, Presenter, 1 Brock Hodgson, Colorado State

University, Presenter, 15 Margaret Hollowed, Kruger/Veolia,

Presenter, 14 Hugues Humbert, Kruger-Veolia -

Technical and Performance Department, Presenter, 11

Joe Husband, Arcadis, Moderator,

5 Stephanie Ishii, Hazen and

Sawyer, Presenter, 8 Samuel Jeyanayagam, Jacobs,

Presenter, 9 Minxi (Joanna) Jiang, Columbia

University, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Presenter, 3

Jose Jimenez, Brown and

Caldwell, Presenter, 5

Bruce Johnson, Jacobs/CH2M, Presenter, 11

Thomas Johnson, Jacobs-CH2M,

Presenter, 5 Ruchi Joshi, North Dakota State

University, Presenter, 12 Matthew Kallerud, Carollo

Engineers, Presenter, 11 Helene Kassouf, University of

South Florida, Moderator, 9 Wendell Khunjar, Hazen and

Sawyer, Presenter 8, 9 Stephanie Klaus, Virginia

Tech/HRSD, Presenter, 1 Adam Klein, Brown and Caldwell,

Presenter, 16 Kam Law, Greeley and Hansen,

Presenter, 4 Tri Le, Catholic University of

America/DC Water, Presenter, 3 Romain Lemaire, Kruger-Veolia

Technical & Performance Department, Presenter, 11

Guangyu Li, Northeastern

University, Presenter, 4 Zhongtian Li, Centrisys/CNP,

Presenter, 9 Michael Liu, Sanitation Districts of

Los Angeles County, Presenter, 3

Nancy Love, University of

Michigan, Presenter, 8 Jeff Mahagan, Town of

Hillsborough, Presenter, 10

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PRESENTER AND MODERATOR DIRECTORY Bryan Maxwell, NCSU, Presenter,

6 Mark Miller, Brown and Caldwell,

Presenter, 16 JB Neethling, HDR Inc, Presenter,

12 Maureen Neville, CDM Smith,

Presenter, 9 Per Nielsen, VCS Denmark,

Presenter, 2 Anthony Niemiec, Hazen and

Sawyer, Presenter, 3 Mike Osborne, Black & Veatch,

Presenter, 13 Gregory Pace, Hazen and Sawyer,

Presenter, 14 Ben Packard, US Environmental

Protection Agency, Moderator 15, Presenter 15

Mike Parsons, Hampton Roads

Sanitation District, Presenter, 10 Haywood Phthisic, Neuse River

Compliance Association, Presenter, 13

Amit Pramanik, The Water

Research Foundation, Moderator, 15

Christine Radke, The Water

Research Foundation, Moderator 8, 16

Gayathri Ram Mohan, Gwinnett

County Department of Water Resources, Presenter, 9

Pusker Regmi, Brown and

Caldwell, Moderator 11, Presenter, 4

Laura Rodriguez-Gonzalez, University of South Florida, Moderator, 6

Joe Rohrbacher, Hazen and

Sawyer, Moderator 10, Presenter 10

Adrian Romero, CH2M,

Presenter, 9 Bikram Sabherwal, Black &

Veatch, Presenter, 9 Mary Sadler, Hazen and Sawyer,

Presenter, 12 Sandeep Sathyamoorthy, Black &

Veatch, Moderator 13, Presenter 6, 11

Peter Schauer, Clean Water

Services, Presenter 1, 12 Robert Sharp, Manhattan College/

Hazen and Sawyer, Moderator, 8

Andrew Shaw, Black & Veatch,

Presenter, 2 Paul Shriner, EPA, Presenter, 1 Cole Sigmon, City of Boulder,

Presenter, 14 Varun Srinivasan, Northeastern

University, Presenter, 4 Belinda Sturm, University of

Kansas, Moderator, 3 Kumar Upendrakumar, Veolia

North America, Moderator 1, 4 Nerea Uri, VCS Denmark,

Presenter, 3

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PRESENTER AND MODERATOR DIRECTORY Tim Van Winckel, Ghent

University/ DC Water/University of Kansas, Presenter 3, 5

Uma Vempati, ISG, Moderator 2,

7 Brett Wagner, University of

Michigan, Presenter, 11 Tim Ware, Arcadis, Moderator 3,

12 Stephan Wasielewski, University

of Stuttgart, Presenter, 14 Stuart Waugh, NYS Center for

Clean Water Technology, Presenter, 6

Grant Weaver, CleanWaterOps, Presenter, 1

Paul Wood, Lockwood, Andrews &

Newnam, Inc., Moderator, 4 Xiaofan Xu, University of South

Florida, Presenter, 2 Phill Yi, Hazen and Sawyer,

Presenter, 1 Thor Young, GHD, Moderator 9,

Presenter 7

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE

Monday, June 18

7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Registration 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Workshops A, C 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM Welcome Kickoff Reception

Tuesday, June 19

7:30 AM – 5:15 PM Registration 8:30 AM – 12:15 PM Opening General Session 10:00 AM – 6:45 PM Exhibit Hall Open 1:30 PM – 5:15 PM Technical Sessions 1, 2, 3 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM Luncheon in Exhibit Hall 5:15 PM – 6:45 PM Networking Reception

Wednesday, June 20

8:00 AM – 5:15 PM Registration 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Technical Sessions 5, 6 8:30 AM – 12:15 PM Technical Session 4 10:00 AM – 3:45 PM Exhibit Hall Open 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM Technical Sessions 7, 8 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM Luncheon in Exhibit Hall 1:30 PM – 5:15 PM Technical Sessions 9, 10, 11

Thursday, June 21

8:00 AM – 11:45 AM Registration 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Technical Sessions 13, 14 8:30 AM – 11:45 AM Technical Session 12 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM Technical Sessions 15, 16

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UPCOMING EDUCATION AND TRAINING EVENTS

Disinfection and Reuse Symposium 2018 July 29 - 31, 2018 Portland, Oregon

www.wef.org/disinfectionreuse

WEFTEC 2018 September 29 - October 3, 2018

New Orleans, Louisiana www.weftec.org

WEF Education and Training 2019 Events

Mark your calendars for our upcoming events. More information coming shortly.

Forum 2019: James Barnard Research Conference on Emerging Themes in Biological Phosphorus Removal

January 2019, Austin, Texas

AWWA/WEF The Utility Management Conference 2019 March 5-8, 2019

Nashville, Tennessee https://www.wef.org/utilitymanagement

Residuals and Biosolids 2019 Conference May 2019, Ft Lauderdale, Florida

Stormwater and Green Infrastructure 2019 Symposium May 2019, Ft Lauderdale, Florida

Collection Systems 2019 Conference June 2019, Indianapolis, Indiana

Nutrient Removal and Recovery 2019 Symposium July 2019, Midwest

WEF/AWWA Transformative Issues 2019 Symposium August 2019, Washington, D.C.

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